Today's interviewee co-founded the black political blog Jack and Jill Politics, serves as Director of Digital for The Onion and lives on Twitter. His first book, How To Be Black, was published earlier this year by Harper Collins. He says that seeing peoples' reactions to his book has been "beautiful and humbling and almost frightening."

Chicago Sun-Times editor-in-chief Don Hayner has announced he is retiring after nearly 30 years at the newspaper.The Sun-Times reports Hayner made the announcement Thursday afternoon. He will be succeeded by John Barron, who will be executive editor after three years as publisher.

How did a small, upstart cable network based in Bristol, CT come to dominate the global sporting field? For some insight, we turn to James Andrew Miller, co-author of the 2011 book, These Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN.

NEW YORK — DirecTV subscribers in 19 U.S. markets have regained access to a host of channels that had been blacked out since Sunday because of a contract impasse with Tribune Broadcasting.The two companies said late Wednesday that they had struck a deal that will allow DirecTV Inc.

Myanmar held historic elections over the weekend, giving hope to many in a country suppressed by military rule for more than two decades. National League for Democracy Party (NLP) front-runner and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi finally won her first seat in parliament.